Hundreds of thousands of people paraded in Rome today (June 11, 2011) for the European Gay Pride to challenge the Vatican and Silvio Berlusconi’s “backward” government over same-sex rights, with Lady Gaga as the star guest.
The Pride would be more of a protest than a celebration. Organisers of the event said their main message was that deeply Catholic Italy is a laggard in terms of gay rights in Europe, with no specific laws against homophobic violence and no provision for gay civil unions. Prime Minister Berlusconi last year dismissed a sex scandal with a comment: “It’s better to be passionate about beautiful women than to be gay”.
Italy is one of the few European states that lacks specific legislation against homophobic violence and has no provision for gay civil unions. The Vatican condemns homosexuality as a “disordered” behaviour and lobbies against laws allowing more rights for gays including laws against homophobic violence and marriage.
I hope the parade would help to push out the most backward government since World War II. It’s better to be gay than to be Berlusconi and Ratzinger.
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